Elevator-car construction



Oct. 9, 1928.

' 1,687,087 M. FARCH ELEVATOR CAR CONSTRUCTION Filed July 11, 1925 Q Sh eets-Shet 1 .INVENTOR.

' 7. 10962% fare/z BY I A TTORNEY-$ Patented Oct. 9 1928.-

MoGiiNs mean, or oLEvii'LANnHErGfiTs, esta. issiesee ,w'. s. time;

'CbMPAfiY, OF CLEVELAND;

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Application flied m '11, 1925; serial no. 42990.

The present inventionrelating, as indicated, to elevator ear construction is nore particularly directed to the provision in an elevator car ofya relation between the necess'arv framework-and the sides or panels which will 'perniit interchangeability in the manufacture of cars andalsoallow for convenient removal of panels and the substitution of others inoars infuse forthe purpose OfiIQPfllI, refinishing and-the like. A further ob set of theinvention is the provision" in an elevator =Ioar of anextremely "simple construction of framework and panels which will permit the panels 'to be removably secured to thefixmework without showing the removabrlity -o'f these panels; in other words, a constrl'xction which will simulate the present car construetion so closely that the individual panels which comprise theside walls of the earean almost instantly be removed and'that this featureo'f the construction will not ben'otieeable to the ordinary user of cars. To/the accomplishment of the foregoingand related ends. said invention, t hen, consists of the rneans, hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed'out inthe-claimsi.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail'certain mechani'srneinhodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting however, but one'of various mechanical "forms in which the principle ofthe invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation'of one of the interior Walls ofmy improvedoar; Fig.2 is a vertical section through'one of sueh walls;LFig.-3 i's'a horizontal section through a portion or the Wall-shown in Fig. 1, thesection being taken.

on the line 33 iii-such figure; Fig.4 is an enlarged sectional view showing the relationship between'o'ne of the re'r'novablefpanels and frame; Fig. 5 isa'hor-iz'ontal section through one wall'and a cornerof a modification of the construction-of the preceding figures; Figs. ,6. 7 a'ndS are fragmentary sectionali' ieWs showing various modifications of the foregoing construdtion; ian-dEFig; '9' is a vertical section snowing still another 'construetion of frame and panel. p

In the manufacture of- "elevator cars eunsiderabledifliculty and additional "cost isexperienced'from the fact that in almost every buildingthe architects design special fronts and ears, although the difference between these various-designs lie chiefly in thetr'eatthe car,

t is necessaryto take that car out of service; for the period required totre'finish the walls,and

this period will maiiy tim'es be from a week toa Inonth beforethe inner finish is dry and .safe'for use. It'is to prevent both of these troubles :in the manufacture" and use of elevator cars that the followinginvention has been developed. I

Iii-Fig. 1 there is'shown'ohewall of an elevator car whicli eonsi'stsof three panels 1,2 and 3, and it may be'stated that the'ordina'r'y wa'llofan elevator ear usually eons'ists oftwo,

three 'or four panels. v These panels 13-2 and 3 are set off fromeaoli other by intermediate moldings'o'r so-"calle'd triln'stripst' and '5, and

correspondingly treated moldings or trifn strips 'are employed'a't the two'corne'rsof the wall, as shown in thisifigureL In Fig; 3 }I have shown a framework'to which the panels may beiapp'lied, the frame'wo'rk consisting of angular npriglits'fi and 7 which are secured to the splatfor'mnfzthe car by meansof ifie'r'nbers 8, which are shown in Fig. 2. Each of the inembersfi and 7 is provided with-a recessed portion or Socket 9, and it is in front of and substantially within thisrec'e'ssed p'or'tidn' that the removable' pane'l is to be :plaeed;

Removahly sec'uredto the mem'bers'e and? are'comerfranie's lQgb y means ofse'r'ew's1'1. These corner fra'me's'areeonstruoted as'shown in the mini of unitary combination o'rnanieiital 't'rimand lhc'k strips and are "adapted to position against the" surface 12,- oh the members '6 7, the edges of rectangular frames13 in which: the removable panels aife secured. 'Th-us' eidh of the members 13' is provided with an outer surface l fiiii the "form of a molding to set off the panel itself,- ai1-d has a flat rear surface whichisadapted to clamp against a suitable strip- 15 iii-hunted against, the reeessed pbrtione off'the upright 6, apa-nel 16; which may be paiiaed varnished is any manner desiredto give a litfn'ioriious' aiipir anc'e" withthe ti'iin'] strips 114 iind thefl "refiiov able 'corner frames 10, which are similarly treated as at 17 toharmonize with were mainder Oi the entire panel; The members 13 will be understood from the above to combine means for engaging the panels and an bined trim and lock strip 19, secured by means of screws whlch engage another upright 21 nesting into the end 22 of the member 9 and-forming a rigid support at the center of the wall of the car. Obviously, the entire wall may be broken up by these means into any desired number of panels, and if the car itself were of small dimensions each wall surface might be treated as a single panel, although in ordinary cars each wall is divided into either two or three panels.

The members 14 and 18 are connectedat their top and bottom by means of corresponding strips 24 and 25, to which the panel 16 is also secured, and these members are clamped between moldings 26 and 27 ,.the surface of which may be formed to correspond with the moldings 10 and 19. These strips 26 and 27 are also removably secured, the lower one to a member 28, which forms the base element of the wall of the car, and the upper member 27. to a strip 29 which is secured to an angle 30 extending across the roof of the car.

. In Fig. 5 I have shown another construction in which removable panels are secured between frame members 41 and 42 by means of narrow strips 44 and bolts 43, the strips being slidably received within recesses 45 formed in the sides of the members 41 and 42. The member 41 is in thisform shown as ex tending diagonally across the corner of the car where the panel-receiving portion is duplicated to receive the next adjacent panel of the other wall, and this member is removably secured against the corner frame member 46 of the car by suitable bolts, which are not shown. If two panels are employed in one wall of this construction a member 42 is provided which has oppositely extending flanges 46, in each of which is secured one of the panels 40 in the manner already described.

This same construction may be employed either with sheet 7 metal panels, such as is shown in Fig. 5, or with panels of other material, such as a combination wood and ashes tos panel, shown in Fig. 6, in which the inner layer of the panel is wood 50, behind which is mounted a layer of asbestos 51 which is in turn secured to a steel plate 52.

In Fig. 7 there is shown a panel consisting of a glass plate55 backed up by a layer of asbestos 56, which is secured in turn to a steel plate 57, while in Fig. 8 I have shown a panel eonsistingof wood 59, asbestos and a bachup plate 61, the surface'of the wood 59 being covered by leather, cretonne or any other terial which may be desired to give a certa n interior appearance and finish. All of the panels shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are of substantially the same total thickness, that 1s, the ends of the panel 40, in Fig. 5 are rebent to form-flanges 63, and the depth of this panel at this point is the same as that of the panel shown in the following figures so that any of these panels may be interchangeably used in the frames 41 and 42 without any change e2:-

eept the removal of one panel and the substitution of another. In Fig. 9 I have shown the means for securing the top and bottom of the panels shown in Figs. 5 to 8, the panel 40 being provided with similar top andbottom flanges. 65 and 66 which are secured against inwardly eX tending flanges 67 on horizontal framemem bers 68 and 69, the outer one of which is secured to the roof of the car, while the lower one is mounted upon the base member 70 of the wall. i

The present construction makes it possible for the elevator car manufacturers to build and keep in stock a minimum number of car frames which can be fitted together to provide the frame of a car upon which any of a great number of different kinds of panels may be used. The economy of this type of car will of course be apparent, while the saving in use of a car so constructed, and in which all of the panels may be removed at any time for repairing or refinishing, during which time another set of panels may be fitted into place and this in'turn removed and used in the next car while the panels of that car arebeing refinished. 7

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as r-egards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means he. employ-ed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. A wall construction for elevator cars comprising spaced parallel frame members provided with panel receiving sockets, a

sisting of av unitary combinationornamental trim and lock strip.

"2. A'wall construction for elevator cars comprising spaced parallel frame members, socket strips CllSPOSBd against sa d frame members, a panel disposed against said strips,

and means for locating said panels horizon tally and 'removably securing the same to said socket strips.

3. A Wall construction for elevator cars comprising spaced parallel frame members,

4. A wall construction for elevator cars comprising spaced parallel frame members provided With panel receiving recesses, 21 panel removably disposed between said frame members in said recesses, the outer surface of which falls substantially Within'the plane of said frame members, and'panel retaining strips removably secured to said frame members, said strips comprising unitary ornamental trim and locking members.

5.-A Wall construction for elevator cars comprising spaced parallel frame members provided with panel receiving sockets, a panel removably disposed between said frame members and having its outer edges reinforced by ornament-al'strips' and combination ornamental trim and locking strips removably secured tosaid frame members engaging in place.

Signed by me, this 10th day of July, 1925;

MOGENS FABCH.

said panel edges to ho1d'the same 

